Author: halo@bungie.org

Heh – yesterday we mentioned a blog post that suggested that you could make pictures in Forge – we received this image from AfRo SaUcE. He and his buddy Shadow300 made a copy of the Deathbat logo of the band Avenged Sevenfold – took ’em a couple of hours. Nice work!(Louis Wu 12:25:53 UTC)

This weekend, I noticed a new film announced at High Impact Halo – ‘Shraptain’, a jumping vid from jagg3d Shrapn3l and CaptainCrunch41. (That link contains a high-res WMP9 download and a YouTube link.) Last night, nomis78 pointed out an MLG Gameroom link for the vid, as well. These jumps are often useable in tactical situations…

Juxtapose let us know that over at Arbiter’s Judgement, there’s word of a deal from Sympatico, an internet provider in Canada; if you sign up for a 3-year deal at $60/month, they’ll give you their ‘Total Internet’ package (normally priced at $45/month in a bundle), an Xbox 360 Elite, a copy of Halo 3, and…

I missed this a couple of days ago, but Rooster Teeth posted the video they created for the European Machinima Festival for their sponsors; I would assume (though I have no evidence for this) that it will be available for everyone soon. It looks at what Red vs Blue would have looked like had it…

Looks like a significant chunk of the Essentials Disc One (the extra disc that comes with both the Limited and Legendary editions of Halo 3) will be available online, via Comcast’s Game Invasion, starting Thursday (the one-month anniversary of the relase of the game). The entire ‘Anatomy of a Game’ documentary, plus the 24-hours-in-the-life-of-Bungie piece…

Lucko let us know that his ‘Everyday is exactly the same’ has been announced on Halo Front – it’s a Halo 3 music vid set to NIN music. 82 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu 20:44:17 UTC)

Anton P. Nym noticed a post by ferrex over at ars technica, explaining that the mysteriously vague warning in last Friday’s Bungie Weekly Update was simply a notification that the Banhammer is about to be implemented. (Louis Wu 19:13:49 UTC)

On Saturday, Littlebigman pointed out the newly posted 2008 release schedule update for McFarlane Halo 3 toys; I hadn’t gotten around to posting this, but we’ve received a few emails about it, as well, so clearly there’s considerable interest out there. So check it out. (It’s also available on Spawn.com – search for ‘Halo 3’.)(Louis…

kapowaz found a guy who’s making stereoscopic pseudo-3D images out of Halo 3 screenshots. Nice!(Louis Wu 18:39:50 UTC)

I just love articles like this one: MyGEN (an Australian gaming site) put up the “Top 10 Things Bungie Screwed UP with Halo 3”. After stating that “in no way are we anti-halo or anti-Bungie”, they go on to complain about stuff like glitches in Bungie.net site integration and weapons nerfing with comments like “they…

Yesterday, there was some speculation on our forum about how useful voice recognition would be in videogames. Stuntmutt’s got his own take on the subject in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:06:30 UTC)

Sigafoos sent word of The Riot 70 – this one is half an hour, 12 mb, with a focus on the halo3.junk.ws beta (and a possibility of getting into it. Go listen!(Louis Wu 14:44:27 UTC)

pcgamer15 stopped by last night to show off pics of his Halloween costume, currently under construction. We’ve created a more permanent record, just in case, because it’s pretty cool.(Louis Wu 13:47:17 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 continues to update Another Halo Comic Strip – #6 is now up, I feel bad for the Arbiter.(Louis Wu 11:43:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy discusses ways to use Forge which might not have occurred to you at first blush. The screenshot she links to is truly amazing…(Louis Wu 11:33:28 UTC)

Rampancy.net content madness: There’s a new guide for the Cowbell Skull, an entry into the Weapons Guide (today it’s the Spiker), and the kickoff of Anger, Sadness, & Envy, the Rampancy podcast. Co-hosts trindacut and Narcogen will walk you through the first level of Halo 3 (along with the opening cutscene) in about half an…

Big Goalie Dan let us know that Podtacular 131 is up – an hour long, discussing custom creations. 22 mb – go listen!(Louis Wu 11:02:47 UTC)

Someone created a guide to show you how to make a Halo 3 Xbox 360… out of paper. (No, it’s not a COVER for your regular 360. It’s a paper 360.) I don’t know what to say.(Louis Wu 10:55:17 UTC)

Yesterday, we front-paged a request from sorahn for your gamertag, so that he could grab your Bungie.net screenshots and turn them into a photo mosaic. Several hundred of you agreed to help – and the first mosiac is now up to see. It was created with the first 2000 submitted screens, and it’s available for…